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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11h

In that, dreadful, terrible moment, every black bloc protestor in the world is useless, but a line of concerned senior citizens, office workers and house-spouses is actually a 'harder' target.

And 'the soldiers stood aside' is the sentence in the history book that goes before 'and the regime fell.'

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11h

So I sit here, puzzling through this thing, thinking - perhaps wrongly - that I can see, as if with the eyes of the fates - the field and the way the lines must go.

And hoping I am wrong and the thing can be changed. Buford, after all, did change that vision. Maybe we can too.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11h

But when it comes to it, if it comes to it, in that awful moment of decision, yes, you will want the old grandmas and grandpas at the front, as many of them as you can get, so those terribly young fellows with the rifles understand what a wicked, awful thing is being asked of them.

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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social · 10h

ICE is extraordinarily violent with women and senior citizens. But they’re also a tiny force, which is why the GOP is desperate to deploy the military.

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 10m

Super!

We're still quite bright (though overcast, today) at 1730.

Ninety minutes from now, though, will be a different story...

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 2h

I keep returning to this piece on the emotional and political logic of sharing deepfakes by people who *know* they're fakes. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 2h

It's not true and they know it, but it expresses how they feel, and often how they feel is racist as hell.

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 22m

Jaw.

Dropped.

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 51m

A black hole fell into a star - then ate its way out again www.newscientist.com/article/2499...

A black hole fell into a star – then ate its way out again

Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as the star is consumed from within

www.newscientist.com

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 32m

Poor guy at Dayton airport bagel shop was running it all by himself. He was easily over 60, had a difficult time remembering orders, and his card reader was on the fritz. I keep thinking, "This poor guy is getting paid like $6 an hour with no benefits. It's a fucking wonder he showed up today."

Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 1h

Any time you see the words “labor shortage” you can replace them with the words “unwillingness to pay a decent wage”

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TKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 33m

That’s the message we want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Bruka Jones @brukajones.com · 43m

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ day ✨

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 1h

Librarians with Greek or Latin, a modern European language (other than English) and a publication record focused on the period 1500-1750 preferred. Sounds like a fantastic post, tbh.

Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 4h

We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 52m

Eeeeuw! (complimentary!)

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 58m

Strength to you. Small steps, eh?

Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 1h

"if he's violated the crime" approaches word salad for me.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 3d

How is the government spending taxpayers dollars?

OMB is using footnotes to hide how and whether things are actually being funded.

But taxpayers deserve full transparency. So we're suing.

OMB’s latest effort to conceal spending data - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

OMB should not be doling out funds behind closed doors and must make public the contents of legally binding spend plans that apportion fund. Full transparency is critical for effective oversight.

www.citizensforethics.org

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

If you work in the Office of Special Education, have been RIF'd and want to talk to a journalist about it, please hit me up on Signal at slooterman.18.

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

Came here *especially* to ❤️ this!!

Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

Do not go looking for Shin'ya Shokudo (Midnight Cafe). 😉

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 12h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 19h

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 4h

The same rules apply for ICE agents visiting your home as vampires.

Kraig Peck @kraigpeck.bsky.social · 11h

If ICE or Border Patrol comes to your home or business or place of work or school: Do not admit them unless the warrant is for your specific address and is signed by a judge--not by anyone except a judge.

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

We're good, but thank you for reiterating this! Approachability matters.

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

Look after yourself, friend. There's only one of you to share around...

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Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

Food: Spaghetti bolognese
Film: Tokyo Godfathers
Song: Le renard et la belette by Laïs

Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

Introduce yourself with:

A food you will always eat;
A film you'll always want to see; and a song you will always stop to listen to.

Lynne Ann Morse @morselya.bsky.social · 3h

Introduce yourself with:

A food you will always eat;
A film you'll always want to see; and a song you will always stop to listen to.

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